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RICHARD AYOADE ON THE DOUBLE

“I think you’re so used to films about a character’s desires being thwarted, and that essentially being a bad thing. You know the age-old question of “Who do we relate to?” Well, I always think, “Who is interesting?” We relate to people in an advert because that person is specifically designed to represent you, and it’s meant to make you feel like this person because you also do the same thing. But in a story… I don’t know, do you want to relate to King Lear? [Laughs.] I mean, you have compassion for him, and you’re fascinated by him, but the idea of making him more re-late-able seems like such a modern, commercial concern.”

READ MY FULL INTERVIEW WITH AYOADE ON THE DISSOLVE